confidanten.

/kɒnfɪˈdɑːnt/

/kɒnfɪˈdant/

/ˈkɒnfɪdɑːnt/

/ˈkɒnfɪdant/

Etymology: Compare confidant n. It may be that this was first formed to represent the sound of the French confidente, and that the masculine confidant was formed from it. The feminine is the more common in use.

1. A female confidant.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] > friend > confidant

privya1325

secretarya1387

counsel-keeper1600

confident1619

secretara1628

trustee1641

troutc1661

confidante1709

confidant1741

1709 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 5 Sept. (1965) I. 15 You are the only creature that I have made my confidante.

1752 H. Fielding Amelia I. ii. i. 101 I concluded with begging her to be the Confidente of my Amour.

1839 W. Irving Chron. Wolfert's Roost (1855) 62 What is a lover without a confidante? I thought at once of my sister Sophy.

1883 Cent. Mag. 27 150 She was the confidante of all our love affairs.

2. Also -ente. A name given by the English designer George Hepplewhite (d. 1786) to a species of settee; also in extended use (see quots. 1925, 1948).

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > sofa or couch > [noun] > for two persons

conversation-chair1793

confidante1794

sociable1811

causeuse1844

love seat1847

tête-à-tête1864

cosy1876

two-seater1891

marquise1904

1794 Cabinet-maker (A. Hepplewhite & Co.) (ed. 3) (title page) A great variety of patterns for Chairs Stools Sofas Confidante Duchesse Side Boards [etc.].

1925 J. Penderel-Brodhurst & E. J. Layton Gloss. Eng. Furnit. Confidente, an upholstered settee with somewhat triangular seats beyond the arms at each end.

1948 S. Giedion Mechanization takes Command v. 374 Two chairs coupled on an s-plan were named a confidante. Confidantes were also made of three chairs, joined like the spokes of a wheel.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	confidante
释义	confidanten. /kɒnfɪˈdɑːnt//kɒnfɪˈdant//ˈkɒnfɪdɑːnt//ˈkɒnfɪdant/ Etymology: Compare confidant n. It may be that this was first formed to represent the sound of the French confidente, and that the masculine confidant was formed from it. The feminine is the more common in use. 1. A female confidant. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] > friend > confidant privya1325 secretarya1387 counsel-keeper1600 confident1619 secretara1628 trustee1641 troutc1661 confidante1709 confidant1741 1709 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 5 Sept. (1965) I. 15 You are the only creature that I have made my confidante. 1752 H. Fielding Amelia I. ii. i. 101 I concluded with begging her to be the Confidente of my Amour. 1839 W. Irving Chron. Wolfert's Roost (1855) 62 What is a lover without a confidante? I thought at once of my sister Sophy. 1883 Cent. Mag. 27 150 She was the confidante of all our love affairs. 2. Also -ente. A name given by the English designer George Hepplewhite (d. 1786) to a species of settee; also in extended use (see quots. 1925, 1948). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > sofa or couch > [noun] > for two persons conversation-chair1793 confidante1794 sociable1811 causeuse1844 love seat1847 tête-à-tête1864 cosy1876 two-seater1891 marquise1904 1794 Cabinet-maker (A. Hepplewhite & Co.) (ed. 3) (title page) A great variety of patterns for Chairs Stools Sofas Confidante Duchesse Side Boards [etc.]. 1925 J. Penderel-Brodhurst & E. J. Layton Gloss. Eng. Furnit. Confidente, an upholstered settee with somewhat triangular seats beyond the arms at each end. 1948 S. Giedion Mechanization takes Command v. 374 Two chairs coupled on an s-plan were named a confidante. Confidantes were also made of three chairs, joined like the spokes of a wheel. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1709
随便看	give someone the willies give something a body swerve give something a fair wind give something a pass give something a rest give something a thought give something another thought give something in lot to give something mouth give something one's best shot give something the chuck give something the double o give something to a person on a plate give something to lot to give something to on a plate give something up as a bad job give something words give space give start to give state and seisin give stead give stick give stink eye give stream to give stretch to